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City Park Welcomes Dell

Dell, the world’s leading computer systems company, has announced City Park, Glasgow as the selected location for its UK operations’ expansion into Scotland . Initially creating up to 400 jobs in Glasgow by 2...

11 Mar 2005

Output and Employment in the UK Construction Industry

The total volume of construction output in 2004 rose by four per cent compared to the previous year. Overall new work rose over the same period, despite a decrease in the infrastructure sector. Repair and maintenance was...

7 Mar 2005

Integrating Wind Turbines into Buildings

The development of small-scale wind turbines has progressed rapidly over the past few years, and the number in use has risen dramatically as they have become more efficient and cost effective. To showcase the benefit...

1 Mar 2005

Hong Kong Pushes Ahead With Better Building Care and Maintenance

The Hong Kong Housing Society, an independent organisation providing housing and related services to the people of this special administrative region of China, has in agreement with the Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau...

24 Feb 2005

Ceram Offers Landfill Testing Capabilities

Experts at CERAM , the internationally renowned centre for materials and technology, based in Stoke-on-Trent , are able to assist the many companies who have to comply with PPC Regulations for Landfill, by offering their...

24 Feb 2005

FSA Targets Illegal Mortgage Brokers

The FSA has started a UK-wide crack down to protect homebuyers from unauthorised brokers who arrange and advise on mortgages illegally. The FSA's 'perimeter' project team, which includes both supervisory a...

22 Feb 2005

BP Solar Awarded Solar Power Contract in Zambia

One hundred and twenty one community-based organisations and 9 schools in rural areas of Zambia will soon be getting BP Solar panels to generate electricity for lighting, radio, television and refrigeration. The panels w...

21 Feb 2005

New Colours Now Available in Vnyl Siding from Rollex

Utilizing new developments in plastics engineering, Rollex Corporation has introduced Manchester vinyl siding, which boasts the darkest vinyl siding colors in the company's 50-year history. The Manchester series ...

20 Feb 2005

Arcelor to Enter Polish Construction Market via Key Acquisitions

Arcelor SA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lucchini Group for the acquisition of Lucchini's operations in Poland as well as Lucchini's Polish scrap companies, Silscrap and Crapex. Arcelor intends to repositi...

20 Feb 2005

Nippon Steel and Bluescope Steel Form Alliance for Construction Steels in Asian Markets

Nippon Steel Corporation and BlueScope Steel Limited (hereinafter "BlueScope Steel") have agreed to form an alliance in the fabrication, marketing and sale of SuperDyma, one of Nippon Steel's strategic stee...

20 Feb 2005

Boral/Lafarge Chinese Plasterboard Joint Venture to Double Capacity

Boral announced today that its plasterboard joint venture with Lafarge, Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia (LBGA), intends to double its plasterboard manufacturing capacity in China. Two new plants will be constructed, one i...

16 Feb 2005

Polysius Awarded Contract to Build Cement Plant in Vietnam for Thang Long Cement

Polysius, a ThyssenKrupp Technologies company, has been awarded by the Thang Long Cement Joint Stock Company a contract to build a cement production line with a daily output of 6,000 tonnes of cement clinker. The plant w...

15 Feb 2005

Mortar Fleece Found to be Effective at Protecting Mortar in Newly Laid Brickwork

Tests carried out by CERAM’s Building Technology (CBT) Division have helped a great idea become a commercial success. Experts at CERAM were asked to test TDP’s Mortar FleeceTM, which is the first product ...

14 Feb 2005

Automatic Sprinklers Increase the Chances of Surviving Dormitory Fires

An automatic sprinkler system significantly increases a person’s chances of surviving a dormitory fire, according to a report issued recently by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Three ...

13 Feb 2005

DTI Release UK Construction Figures for 2004

Orders in 2004 rose by six per cent compared with 2003, and orders in the fourth quarter of 2004 rose by 11 per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Orders in the fourth quarter of 2004 rose by four per cent...

13 Feb 2005